I listen to audiobooks but I have not read many narrated by their authors. The one that comes to mind is Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization by Lars Brownworth. I remember being impressed by how much enthusiasm the author brought into the narration.

Oh my gosh…I used to LOVE audio books. I saw this list and thought, HEY, I’m going to listen to that Neil Gaiman, since I don’t feel like reading it. And then I remembered, oh yeah, I’m usually in the company of a 6-year-old and his 3-year-old brother. I haven’t heard a thing over their chatter in years now. Every now and then I try to hear “Marketplace” on NPR, but that only works if I give them ice cream for dessert and they stop talking for the 1 minute it takes them to shovel it in. Maybe in fifteen years or so I’ll get back to audio books!